The Contents of a Fire Fighting Museum, a Private Arcade Machines Collection and Nearly 150 Rare Toys and Banks will be Sold April 9-11, 2010 The three-day weekend event will be held in Ann Arbor, Mich., by Showtime Auction Services. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) - Nearly 2,000...
From BoingBoing comes the story of a old Nintendo NES system and five games selling for $13,105 on eBay on February 10, 2010. It turns out it wasn't the system that sparked the bidding war, but one of the games - an obscure title from Bandai called Stadium Events....
(Oceanside, N.Y.) - A Wagon Train playset, made around 1960 by Marx Toys and based on the popular television show of the time, sold for $15,255 - a new world auction record for a Marx playset - at a multi-estate sale held Oct. 24-26 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The...
Volunteers discover rare baseball board game Columbia Missourian By The Associated Press June 2, 2008 "KANSAS CITY - Cleaning the Bingham-Waggoner Estate in Independence last summer, volunteers made a rare find in a cluttered third-floor bedroom: an 1893 Zimmer's Base...
Getting the jump on a collectible The Maumelle Monitor Online - Living By Carol Haynes / Staff Writer Wednesday, October 3, 2007 "What once was considered a fad has become what Mike Smith calls an "undiscovered collectible". Adorning the walls of his office and the...